Wexford County News

A prosecuting attorney says a Mesick man was high on marijuana when his minivan crashed into the car of a Cadillac mother of three, causing her death last year.

Community members will be picking up their tools and volunteering their time to build a new home in Wexford County.

The number of animals being euthanized at the Wexford County Animal Shelter has taken a dramatic drop, and volunteers are receiving the credit for the change.

A Grayling woman who was the caretaker of the finances of a number of Wexford County adults faces perjury and embezzlement charges involving their care.

John Moolenaar visited Cadillac on the campaign trail and got a little help from one of his friends: former Congressman Pete Hoekstra.

The Cadillac Tractor Supply Company store was recently recognized with the Class Champion award for meeting company goals during the 4-H/TSC Spring 2014 Paper Clover Promotion.

The director of the Department of Public Works in Wexford County said he has tendered his resignation and will leave the DPW but not the area.

A Cadillac woman is charged with home invasion in Selma Township, and could face up to life in prison if convicted due to her past record.

"It seems like 4-H has been stronger in the past," Trautner said. "Hopefully, through awareness of everything 4-H offers, we will be able to bring those numbers up."

The Wexford County Sheriff's Office is investigating a breaking and entering which occurred at the Manton Sports Complex on Wiles Street.

Jessica Larae Wentworth, 22, has been sentenced in 28th Circuit Court in Wexford County to 120 days in jail, with credit for 94 days, according to court records, after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine.

A Mesick man has pleaded guilty in a criminal sexual conduct case for allegedly having sex with a child under the age of 13 at his home in Wexford County.

Change has come to the Cadillac-Wexford Transit Authority as the Cadillac City Council appointed attorney Stephen King to the CWTA board instead of re-appointing CWTA chairman Craig Taylor.

Recently, judges William Fagerman and Charles Parsons informed the Missaukee County Board of Commissioners of some interesting news: Criminals now won't be charged as much after breaking the law.

Voters in Greenwood and Colfax townships, which share a joint fire department, will see identical millage renewal requests on the Aug. 5 primary election ballot in support of fire protection.

A Cadillac man has been sentenced to four days in jail for leading police on a chase that the prosecuting attorney said a Michigan State trooper described as "one of the worst chases he had ever seen."

A controversial millage has been submitted to the Wexford County Board of Commissioners.

The device was found along the side of 30 Road, just west of Old 131, in Haring Township on June 12. The MSP Bomb Squad, Haring Township Fire Department and Wexford County Sheriff's Office responded to the area at about 2:30 p.m. MSP Bomb Squad bomb technician Sgt.

The site is located off 13th Street near the city's current well field and is adjacent to the Wexford County Animal Control.

During Monday night's city council meeting, building contractors and members of the Cadillac City Council raised concerns about higher costs, reliability and unknown factors regarding the city's plan to use Associated Government Services to re-establish city-run building inspection services.